Henry Ford

There is joy in work. There is no happiness except in the realization that we have accomplished something.

People who are capable of and fit for freedom liberate themselves from physical thralldom by substituting mind for muscle.

The highest use of capital is not to make more money, but to make money do more for the betterment of life.

We ought to know more about the families who founded this nation, and how they lived. One way to do this is to reconstruct as nearly as possible the conditions under which they lived.

The union organizers are asking us to sit still while it sells our men the jobs that have always been free.

In the Ford Motor Company we emphasize service equally with sales.

It’s not that I’m so smart, it’s just that I stay with problems longer.

A man’s character may be learned from the adjectives which he habitually uses in conversation.

Being good in business is the most fascinating kind of art. Making money is art and working is art and good business is the best art.

Most people spend more time and energy going around problems than in trying to solve them.

What lies in our power to do, lies in our power not to do.

Look beyond the individual to the cause of his misery.

A man never reaches that dizzy height of wisdom that he can no longer be lead by the nose.

Let us make a special effort to stop communicating with each other, so we can have some conversation.

He who is not busy being born is busy dying.

The cure for boredom is curiosity. There is no cure for curiosity.

What is important is not the right doctrine but the attainment of the true experience. It is giving up believing in belief.

Words are only painted fire; a look is the fire itself.

They said eyes are the key to the soul, and after looking into yours, I know you’ve unlocked mine.

Every man is the architect of his own fortune.

You learn from a conglomeration of the incredible past — whatever experience gotten in any way whatsoever.